Crust: 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup old-fashioned oats 1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1/2 cup sliced almonds Filling: 3 Read on!
Watermelon ice 2 1/2 cups 1/2-inch cubes seeded watermelon (from 2-pound piece) 1/4 cup sugar 8 5-ounce disposable paper cups 8 ice pop sticks or wooden coffee stirrers Lemon ice 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup fresh lemon Read on!
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature, or 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus 1 pat butter or teaspoon olive oil for greasing 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Read on!
For the filling: 5-6 peaches, cur into wedges (I do not peel them) 1/3 c. sugar juice of 1/2 lemon pinch each of cinnamon and nutmeg For the crumble: 1 c. plus 2 Tbs flour 1/4 c. sugar 1/3 c. Read on!
12 slices ciabatta bread 1 ripe peach 1 tablespoon fresh ricotta (preferably sheep’s milk) Freshly ground black pepper 4 thin slices of prosciutto Honey Grill bread slices. Halve, pit, and thinly slice peach. Spoon about 1 tablespoon ricotta onto each Read on!
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar 5 tablespoons milk (divided) 1/2 cup unsulphered molasses 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, barely Read on!
“Mom, are you crying?” Tess asked incredulously as I finished the last pages of These Happy Golden Years, the last of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie series. I somehow grew up with the notion that I Read on!
Childhood is as much a place as it is a time. When I remember my childhood, it is often not events that I call forth, but rather pathways, shortcuts, hedges, fences, nooks, forts and treehouses. The map of my grandmother’s Read on!
1 pint strawberries, quartered 4 large egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup sweet Marsala wine Divide strawberries among 4 small bowls. Beat together yolks, sugar, and Marsala in a large metal bowl with a whisk or handheld electric mixer Read on!